From: EcoWatch
by New Yorkers Against Frackling
In response to Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R)’s wild claims about fracking on Fred Dicker’s Talk 1300 Radio program this morning, John Armstrong of Frack Action, on behalf of New Yorkers Against Fracking, wanted to remind Gov. Perry about some of the facts he forgot.
“Governor Perry suffered another colossal ‘oops’ failure today, forgetting the harms fracking is causing Texans
each day under his administration,” said Armstrong. “Although he’s in
New York for ‘job recruitment,’ we expect he’s going to find that
contaminated water, toxic air and a range of negative health impacts are
not selling points. While he enjoys clean, frack-free New York water
and air, we took the liberty of writing down three facts for Governor
Perry.”
1. Fracking contaminates water:
A University of Texas study linked fracking to drinking water
contamination with arsenic. The head of Texas A&M University’s
Petroleum Engineering Department recently noted inherent problems with
fracking. That’s in line with 2013 and 2011 studies from Duke
University, high well casing failure rates, and widespread water
contamination.
2. Fracking pollutes the air:
An eight-month investigation recently revealed that fracking is
releasing a “toxic soup of chemicals” into the air, linked to hundreds
of reports of sickness, and that Gov. Perry’s administration is failing
to monitor or address the situation. That’s even though the Colorado
School of Public Health has identified air pollutants by fracking sites
at sufficient levels to raise risks for cancer, neurological deficits
and respiratory problems, American Lung Association
data show alarming levels of air pollution near fracking, and a recent
study found high levels of benzene and volatile organic compounds at
fracking sites in rural Utah.
3. Fracking causes earthquakes:
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources linked fracking to earthquakes
this month, just as earthquakes have been tied to fracking in the
United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico and elsewhere in the U.S. And Texas has
its own history of earthquakes linked to fracking wastewater deep
injection wells. MORE
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